Civil Eats Post - Egg Gaps Illustrate Fractured Food Safety System

By Helena Bottemiller
August 25, 2010

"As consumers scramble to check their egg cartons and federal officials investigate two Iowa farms at the center of a half-billion egg recall, it’s becoming clear that no one was overseeing egg safety in Iowa. In a piecemeal federal system many consider illogical, the Food and Drug Administration and Department of Agriculture share jurisdiction over the safety of the food supply–and eggs fall into the divide. The FDA, responsible for the safety of table eggs, says it has “no inspectional history” with either Hillandale Farms or Wright County Egg, who together have recalled 550 million eggs for Salmonella Enteritidis contamination in the past two weeks..."

http://civileats.com/2010/08/25/egg-gaps-illustrate-fractured-food-safety-system/